Gangster Babloo challenges crime charges

October 24th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Child Rights Observatory - an independent child rights monitoring body comprising of civil society groups, NGOs, academics and media persons - Saturday urged the Madhya Pradesh government to set up a board or mission for child rights. The recommendation was made in its report "State of MP's Children", released by Justice D.M.

October 22nd, 2009 NJ airport guard pleads not guilty to Obama threatNEWARK, N.J. — An airport security guard who was overheard saying he had "cut a hole in a fence to be able to shoot" Barack Obama pleaded not guilty Thursday to making terroristic threats against the president.

October 20th, 2009 Leech leads Australian police to armed robberCANBERRA, Australia — A leech found at a crime scene eight years ago led Australian police to a man who admitted robbing an elderly woman in 2001, officials said Tuesday. Forensic science researcher Sally Kelty said the case is the first in Australia — and possibly the first ever — in which investigators have used DNA extracted from a bloodsucker like a leech or a mosquito to solve a crime.

October 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a plea of mobster Babloo Srivastava that charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against him be dropped. Dismissing the plea of Srivastava, a division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ajit Bharioke also imposed a fine of Rs.25,000 on him for filing an appeal with no sufficient ground.

October 14th, 2009 Lawyer in CIA trial challenges identitiesMILAN — A lawyer representing half of the American defendants charged in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003 argued on Wednesday that most of her clients have never been positively identified and should be found innocent. Arianna Barbazza said 12 of her 13 clients have been identified either on the basis of poor quality passport photographs or through cell phone records.

October 13th, 2009 Jury in Abramoff-related case asks questionWASHINGTON — A jury was told Tuesday there were no legal limits on the dollar value of tickets and meals that lobbyists working with influence peddler Jack Abramoff could give to public officials. The question came up as jurors spent a sixth day deliberating the fate of ex-lobbyist Kevin Ring.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Underworld gangster Abu Salem Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking to upturn the lower court's rejection of Delhi Police's plea to drop charges against him under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) in a 2002 extortion case. In his petition through his counsel Arvind Shukla, Salem contended that he can only be charged under those sections that are in the extradition order.

October 8th, 2009 Gotti shouts at witness in court: 'You're a punk'NEW YORK — John "Junior" Gotti's anger toward a former close friend who now blames him for a trail of organized crime violence exploded Thursday at his racketeering trial when Gotti screamed that the man is a "punk" and a "dog." The outburst came as the trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan broke for lunch, after the jury left the room and as the witness, John Alite, was walking out of the courtroom.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rejecting the bail application of underworld gangster Abu Salem in an extortion case, a Delhi court Wednesday accepted his plea that his trial should not be conducted via video conferencing from a Mumbai jail at this stage. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja accepted Salem's plea for not holding trial through video conferencing and posted the matter for Oct 13 for recording the statements of witnesses.

September 25th, 2009 Israel's ex-PM goes on trial on corruption chargesJERUSALEM — Israel's former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, appeared in a Jerusalem courtroom on Friday for a hearing that marks the first time any current or past Israeli leader has stood trial. The opening of court proceedings is the latest chapter in a legal saga that weakened Olmert's leadership, undermined public confidence in government and eventually drove him from office.

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Thursday reserved its order on the bail plea of underworld gangster Abu Salem and said it will decide on Delhi Police's plea for video-conferencing in an extortion case against him. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja refused to entertain Salem counsel Arvind Shukla's plea that the trial be conducted on day-to-day basis.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi High Court Friday upheld the life sentence for the 10 police officials convicted for shooting down two innocent businessmen in Connaught Place here 12 years ago. A division bench of Justices B.N.

September 14th, 2009 Trial beginning over New Orleans' crime camerasNEW ORLEANS — Jury selection is under way in the civil trial over New Orleans' problem-plagued crime camera system. The trial that opened Monday stems from a lawsuit filed in 2007 by two companies that allege the system they'd developed was misappropriated by people within and with ties to the city's technology office.

September 3rd, 2009 PATNA - A Bihar court Thursday issued summons to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a case relating to firing in an election booth in 1991 in which one person was killed. A court in Barh has issued summons to Nitish Kumar, Dularchand Yadav, a known gangster, and two others.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Arvind Shukla, a lawyer appearing for gangster Abu Salem, was Wednesday robbed of his mobile phone, police said. According to police, Shukla was robbed of his mobile phone, which was in his car, at a traffic signal of Shastri Park in northeast Delhi.